Biggest PS5 System Software Updates Since Launch
Thanks to the rise of the internet, in recent years players have gotten used to their video game content not standing still. Patches and updates come along often for games after their initial release, which fundamentally alters the experience. The same has also become true of video game consoles over the last few generations. So much so that, despite only launching roughly 17 months ago, Sony’s PS5 is now noticeably different from the version of the console that first hit the market back in November 2020.
Based on the struggles that Sony has continued to face in regard to producing enough consoles to meet demand, it’s remarkable to think that most eventual PS5 owners will never know the state in which it launched. From a software and features perspective, though, the latest PlayStation console is in a much stronger position than when it first hit store shelves in 2020. While highly requested features such as folders and custom themes are still missing from the PS5, it’s worth taking a look back on how the console has already evolved.
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For the first few months of the PS5’s life, most of the software updates that Sony pushed to its fledgling console brought little to the table in terms of brand-new features. Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the reality of creating modern hardware, the publisher’s current generation console launched with its fair share of technical gremlins. As a result of this, between November 2020 and February 2021, its focus was primarily on ironing these out. Beyond frequent stability upgrades, over the course of several patches, issues surrounding the console’s Rest Mode and infrequent tendency to crash were also fixed.
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